Friday, June 12, 2026

Working in ink to explore those shapes

Played with ink on practise paper for calligraphy, which is really thin! My idea was to explore some of those circular shapes I see in the mountains and the coast on the peninsulas in the West (near Beara Bowl, Caha Mountains, across the bay from Cill Rialaig, e.g.). I got quite carried away with inks, but ended up with lots of pages of interesting marks and colours, which I might glue onto some thicker paper to see what happens. I'm just curious to see how it will behave. I have no idea if this particular paper is acid-free -it's Daiso's calligraphy practise paper. I had stared with Sumi ink, then moved onto Pilot colour inks. Because the paper is so light, the result is really transparent, and I loved looking at it against the window. It was like a stained glass window!

You can see I had fun. I even kept some of the paper I had set down to protect my desk from stains!































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